Liu Qibao

Liu Qibao, 2016

Liu Qibao ( Chinese  刘奇 葆 ; born January 1953 in Susong , Anhui Province ) is a Chinese politician of the Communist Party of China (CCP) who is a member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee . In addition, he acts as the head of the Central Committee's department for propaganda and director of the Central Committee's steering group for the reform and development of the cultural system.

Life

Liu Qibao joined the CCP in 1971, studied history at Anhui University between 1972 and 1974, and then worked in the theoretical research staff of the CPC Committee of Anhui Provincial Public Relations Department from 1974 to 1977. During this time, he graduated from Jilin University with a graduate degree in the National Economic Program and Management in 1975 and was then secretary of the Communist Youth Association of China (KJVC) to the Communist Party of China 's Secretary of Anhui Province, Wan Li, from 1977 to 1982 . In addition, he was first deputy head from 1980 to 1982 and then from 1982 to 1983 head of the public relations department of the KJVC in Anhui Province. At the same time he was deputy secretary of the KJVC provincial leadership from 1982 to 1983 and from 1983 to 1985 secretary of the KJVC provincial leadership in Anhui Province.

In addition, Liu Qibao served as the deputy secretary of the Communist Party City Council of Suzhou between 1984 and 1985 and was also the city's mayor for some time in 1984. In 1985 he moved to the Central Committee of the KJVC, where he was a member of the Central Committee's secretariat until 1993 and thus one of the closest collaborators of the then First Secretary of the KJVC, Song Defu . After graduating from the Jilin University Faculty of Economics, he worked from 1993 to 1994 as the deputy editor-in-chief of the daily Renmin Ribao . Subsequently, he was Deputy Secretary General of the State Council of the People's Republic of China from 1994 to 2000 , before becoming Director of the Party School of the Guangxi Autonomous Region between 2000 and 2007, and Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party leadership of Guangxi from 2000 to 2006. On the XVI. At the 2002 party congress , he became a candidate for the Central Committee and was also a member of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2008 .

In 2006, Liu Qibao succeeded Cao Bochun as secretary of the Communist Party leadership of the Guangxi Autonomous Region and held this position until he was replaced by Guo Shengkun in 2007. In 2007, he was also chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Guangxi Autonomous Region. He himself then replaced Du Qinglin as secretary of the Communist Party leadership in Sichuan Province in 2007 and remained in this position until 2012, when Wang Dongming became his successor there. During this time he was also a member of the Communist Party Committee from 2007 to 2012 and a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party Committee of Sichuan Province between 2007 and 2008 and also chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Sichuan Province from 2008 to 2012. On the XVII. At the 2007 Congress, he was first elected a member of the CCP Central Committee.

On the XVIII. Liu Qibao was elected a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China . At the same time he was confirmed as a member of the Central Committee's Secretariat and, as the successor to Liu Yunshan, head of the Central Committee's Propaganda Department, and also as a member of the Central Committee. Since 2014 he has also been director of the Central Committee steering group for the reform and development of the cultural system.

Web links

• Entry in China Vitae (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Liu is the family name here, Qibao is the first name.